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Aggravation Quote by Margaret Cavendish

“But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and find that it is neither words nor place that can advance them, but worth and merit.” quote by Margaret Cavendish — Download Open image

“But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and find that it is neither words nor place that can advance them, but worth and merit.”

Margaret Cavendish

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